Tons of big individual performances in Week 2 last Friday night … so many that I could have called this like 10 Stars.
But alas, I had to whittle it down to the top three – this feature is called 3 Stars, after all.
Like, duh.
After racking my brain, here are the top three individual performances I […]

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Indians’ coach steps down after four successful seasons on the diamond
LNP’s Matt Blymier is reporting that Tom Hartman has resigned as girls’ softball coach at Donegal. Here is Matt’s story:
The most successful softball team in the Lancaster-Lebanon League the past four years is looking for a new skipper after Tom Hartman announced his resignation as […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Pull up a chair and get cozy … it’s my L-L League Section 3 preview capsules — everything and anything you need to know about your favorite Section 3 football teams, in capsule form, listed in predicted order of finish. Enjoy:
LANCASTER CATHOLIC CRUSADERS
ONLINE: crusaderfootball.vicid.com
COACH: Bruce Harbach (7th season; 50-20 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Double-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Trinity, […]

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Predicting the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 race is like getting a tooth yanked.
This race usually has so many twists and turns and subplots that it’s often painful to make any kind of prognostication.
And it seems that more times than not, this section race ends up in some sort of a goofy tie – like last […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Manheim Central’s Jenna Proffitt, Katie Baldonieri and Kayla Cook, Donegal’s Whitney Breneman and Nicky Hess and Hempfield’s Brittany Hammer make the list.
Six Lancaster County softball players have earned First-Team All-Star honors, voted on by committee members from each district across the state.
Leading the way is a trio of Manheim Central players, who were […]

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Frank Stellar retires as Donegal’s baseball coach; Chris Miller takes over Indians’ program
After 37 seasons in Donegal’s dugout, including the last 10 as head coach, Frank Stellar has decided to hang up his spikes.
The 59-year-old Stellar retired as a physical education teacher at the end of the school year, and decided it was also a […]

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 INDIANS NEED 10 INNINGS, BUT EDGE PALISADES 2-1 IN STATE QUARTERFINALS
Phil Glatfelter was at Lyons Field in Fleetwood on Thursday, where Donegal topped Palisades 2-1 in 10 innings to advance to the PIAA Triple-A girls’ softball semifinals. Here’s Phil’s report from Friday’s New Era:
FLEETWOOD — There was plenty of deja vu in Donegal’s PIAA Triple-A […]

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Phil Glatfelter just checked in from Lyons Field in Fleetwood, where Donegal knocked off District 11 champ Palisades 2-1 in a thrill-a-minute PIAA Triple-A girls’ softball quarterfinal on Thursday afternoon.
Laura Gebhart drove in a pair of runs for the Indians – including the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
NOTE NEW STARTING TIME FOR THIS GAME: 1 p.m. at Lyons Field in Fleetwood.
I put together a preview box for Donegal’s game against Palisades in the PIAA Triple-A quarterfinals on Thursday. Enjoy …
PIAA TRIPLE-A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
THE GAME: District 3 runner-up Donegal (22-4) vs. District 11 champ Palisades (14-9), in a state quarterfinal matchup.
FIRST […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
UPDATE: Donegal will take on Palisades on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Lyons Field in Fleetwood. Palisades’ pitcher tossed a perfect game in the Pirates’ state opener.
I had the dream assignment on Monday — go to Spring-Ford High School in Royersford for the Donegal girls’ softball game against St. Basil Academy in the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
INDIANS FALL TO GREENCASTLE-ANTRIM IN TRIPLE-A SOFTBALL FINALE; L-S NO-HIT BY SUSQUEHANNOCK IN THIRD-PLACE GAME
Made the trip to Brightbill Park in Harrisburg on Thursday for a pair of District 3 Triple-A softball games: L-S needed to win the third-place game to advance to States, but the Pioneers were no-hit in a 7-0 loss. […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
You can find Phil Glatfelter’s story on Lampeter-Strasburg’s quarterfinal win  here.
Another day, another assignment. After covering district volleyball on Monday and Wednesday and district soccer on Tuesday, I shifted sports once again Thursday and headed to Garrett Park in Willow Street for district softball. And what a game: Donegal 2, Manheim Central 1 in […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Caution: Flammable.
The hottest pitcher in the Lancaster-Lebanon League is Donegal sophomore Lindsay Bollinger.
Hands down.
The Indians’ hurler tossed her second no-hitter of the week on Friday, striking out eight and allowing just two walks in Donegal’s 4-0 win over Columbia in an L-L League crossover game in Mount Joy.
Bollinger no-hit Elco on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Warwick […]

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 JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Another day, another no-hitter in Lancaster-Lebanon League girls’ softball action.
One day after Cocalico’s Kaitlynn Toner fired a no-no in the Eagles’ 6-0 win over Garden Spot, Donegal’s Lindsay Bollinger pulled off the trick in the Indians’ 8-0 win over Elco in Mount Joy.
And Bollinger nearly tossed a perfect game; she walked one batter […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Spent Monday evening over at Lancaster Mennonite’s new stadium complex. If you haven’t been over there, do plan a trip. It’s always a treat covering outdoor events at Mennonite because its athletic complex is tucked neatly back in that wooded area. And now, with the addition of a new turf stadium, it looks […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Indians top Pioneers in what has become the L-L League’s hottest rivalry.
Took in the sites and sounds at Donegal on Wednesday, where the Indians hosted L-S for the first time this season. Always an interesting softball game when Donegal and L-S get together. Donegal got the early leg up this season with a […]

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Even more L-L League baseball previews for you. Today, Dave Byrne tackles Section 3 …
Since Todd Garber became the head baseball coach at Lampeter-Strasburg, the Pioneers have won six Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 championships, including five in a row from 2001-05.
Title No. 6 came last year when L-S outlasted Elco by a game and Manheim […]

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This L-L League girls’ softball Section 3 capsule was prepared by Phil Glatfelter for your reading pleasure:
What can be we expect from this year’s Lancaster-Lebanon League girls’ softball Section 3 race?
Based on past experience, quite a lot.
Section 3 teams have won back-to-back league titles, as well as two straight District 3 Triple-A crowns.
Two years ago, […]

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